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In a message dated 10/4/2003 8:05:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Norway, and I was finding out that the book had a list of "The Seven Oceans,"
and the way they got seven was north Atlantic, south Atlantic, north Pacific,
south Pacific (plus Antarctic, Arctic and Indian).<<<

Fourth grade. Mrs. Williams. Every Friday we had a test. The first two
questions were: Name the seven continents. Name the five oceans. We ALL had to get
them ALL right---AND correctly spelled. Or we had the same two first questions
AGAIN the NEXT Friday. The tests started the second Friday in September. We
had those first two questions until the second Friday in JANUARY! I guess
sometimes the school process works----or was it our personal desires to NEVER have
these two questions again that drove 16 children to FINALLY learn what they
were and how to spell them?

Continents:
North America
South America
Africa
Australia
Europe
Asia
Antarctica

Oceans:
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Mediterranean
Arctic

And come to find out when Cameron was in fifth grade that the Mediterranean
is no longer considered an ocean! The South Ocean is now one of the five. Go
figure. I had to learn to spell Mediterranean for no good reason! <g>

Seven seas? I'm guessing that there are five oceans and the seven seas (that
sea-faring Europeans were surrounded by and would have sailed): Mediterranean,
Baltic, Black, Red, Caspian, Adriatic, and Arabian (Persian Gulf). But that's
a guess!

~Kelly


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